DIMOND
As the April birthstone, diamonds are the ideal gift for a loved one. And now you have more choices than ever. Get creative and give the ultimate gift of beauty: a fancy-color diamond. Fancy-color diamonds are natural, rare and truly exotic gem of the earth. Diamonds in hues of yellow, red, pink, blue, and green range in intensity from faint to vivid and generally the more saturated the color, the higher the value. In fact, diamonds sparkling with intense color are rare and may be priced higher than a colorless diamond of equal size. Because fancy-color diamonds are very desirable, color is sometimes introduced in a laboratory. These are correctly called color-treated diamonds. When purchasing a fancy-color diamond, the shopper should ask if any enhancements or treatments were used to improve its color and/or clarity.
QUEENS DAY
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 30 April (if 30 April is a Sunday it’s celebrated on 29 April)
Level of participation: 5 – go mad in the streets of Amsterdam
Birthday celebrations for queens are supposed to involve tea and polite conversation, but the Dutch like to give their queen a more rollicking party. This nationwide holiday honours Queen Beatrix (though it’s held on the birth date of her mother Queen Juliana) and in Amsterdam in particular it’s a crazy, wonderful madhouse celebration. There’s a free market throughout the city (anyone can sell anything they like), street parties, live music, dense crowds and lots of beer. The canals fill with boats and the streets with people, who come from all around the country and beyond. The entire city is given over to partying, so that it’s a rambling, disorganised, exhilarating day in the city streets, which are all but turned orange as people wear anything and everything in that colour. This is less because it’s the national colour than the fact that the Queen’s royal lineage goes back to William of Orange.
ENGLISH CORNER
A PLACE WHERE LUSH BUSHES GROW,
WHERE THE SEEDLINGS STAND IN A ROW,
TO SHADE THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS TREES BOW,
YOU CAN SEE THEM GROUND SO LOW.
WHERE THE BIRDS SING THEIR LITTLE SONG,
AND THE GAZELLES WANDER ALONG,
WHERE THE DEER FEED ON THE GRASS SO GREEN,
BUT STILL IN THE FOREST LIES THE TREASURE UNSEEN.
EVERY WHERE THERE IS PLEASANT GREENERY,
THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
- BINYA VARGHESE
'A' AND 'Z' WERE BEST OF FRIENDS.'B' WAS A NEW ADMISSION IN THEIR SCHOOL.'A' AND 'Z' WERE VERY RUDE TO 'B'. THEY USED TO TEASE HIM AND PLAY PRANKS ON HER.ONCE THERE WAS A RUNNING RACE IN THEIR SCHOOL. 'A' , 'Z' AND 'B' WERE THE FINALISTS.DURING THE RACE,'A' WAS RUNNING VERY FAST, SO 'Z' GOT VERY JEALOUS OF 'A' , SO SHE PUSHED HER.'B' WHO WAS BEHIND LEFT THE RACE HELPED 'A'.SHE WAS FEELING VERY GUILTY OF BEING RUDE TO 'B'. FROM THAT TIME 'A' AND 'B' BECOME BEST FRIENDS FOR EVER AND DID NOT TALK TO 'Z'.
- GAYATRI VINAYAK
I'M GLAD I AM LIVING THIS MORNING
BECAUSE THE DAY IS SO FAIR ,
AND I FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE SO KEENLY
ABOUT ME,EVERYWHERE.
THE HEAVENS DECLARE HIS GLORY,
THE TREES SEEM TO SPEAK OF HIS POWER,
AND I SEE HIS MATCHLESS BEAUTY
IN EACH SMALL,GROWING FLOWER.
THE ROCKS ALL TELL OF HIS WONDER;
IN THE HILLS HIS STRENGTH I SEE;
AND THE BIRDS ARE SINGING HIS PRAISES
IN THE SONGS THAT THEY SING TO ME.
OH,I'M GLAD TO BE LIVING THIS MORNING
IN A WORLD OF BEAUTY SO RARE
WHERE THE GOD OF HEAVEN IS HOVERING
ABOUT ME , EVERYWHERE.
- BINYA VARGHESE
FUN TIME
1. THE QUEEN IN GREEN SCREAMED
2. HE THREW THREE BALLS
3.FRESHLY FRIED FRESH FLESH
4.GREEK GRAPES
5.GIVE FATHER PROPER COFFEE IN A COPPER COFFEE CUP